Hybrid in High Gear — 78 Fish, Belton, 24 April 2014

This morning I fished with Shane McNamara and his son-in-law, Hudson Steidl, both from the Cedar Park area north of Austin, TX.
 


Hudson took “high stick” honors with our trip’s largest catch — a hybrid striper going right at 5.00 pounds.

Look at that belly!! – it’s packed with shad and this fish was still wanting more.  This fish went 4.75 pounds.

Shane is a claims adjuster with State Farm Insurance, and Hudson is just starting a job with GoodwillBoth are part of the Rockpointe Church in Leander, TX.

The excellent hybrid bite continued today in conjunction with the annual threadfin shad spawn.  Last night saw stiff south winds blow all night and those stiff winds continued this morning until around 10am when the began to slack off a bit.  Southerly winds typically assure good success in castnetting for shad, but, this morning the windblown banks where you’d expect to find shad were so choppy, the spawning activity was difficult to spot.  I wound up with 115 baits in 4 very carefully gauged throws and that was sufficient for our trip.

We fished just two areas and boated 78 fish including keeper-sized hybrid stripers up to 5.00 pounds, some short hybrid, a few white bass, 4 blue catfish, and 1 smallmouth bass.  The bite was fairly consistent right up until 11am when it began to taper off quickly as our nice grey cloud cover gave way to clear skies and the winds began to lay down.

Hudson and his wife, Faith, are expecting their first child, a girl, in about 10 weeks’ time, so, it’s probably a good thing that he’s getting in a fishing trip now as it may be a while before the next one!


TALLY = 78 FISH, all caught and released


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TODAY’S CONDITIONS/NOTES:
Start Time: 7:15a
End Time: 12:15p
Air Temp: 64F at trip’s start.
Water Surface Temp: 64-65F 
Wind: S12 at launch time building to 13-14 by 10, then falling off to 8 by trip’s end
Skies: Grey until 11a, then clearing to 40% clouds on a fair sky.
Other Notes: GT5

Areas Fished with success:

**1200  Netted shad here
**1374/835   Fished here 3.0 hours
**151/152  Fished here 2.0 hours








Bob Maindelle
Holding the Line Guide Service

254-368-7411

www.HoldingTheLineGuideService.com
Salado, Texas

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